He is ready and waiting for YOU

 When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host, you understand how much Jesus loves you now.
-Mother Teresa

Have you ever had one of those times where you've read a Bible story and thought you understood it completely, but then when you read it again this time, it really clicked? Ok, maybe not, but I really believe that God will show me what I need when I need it, so this is one of those times where I thought I understood the full meaning of a story but when I read it tonight, I really let it sink in. I read the story of the prodigal son tonight where the son comes home and the father welcomes him home with dancing and a feast after doing wrong. I really understood it. That story is so present in my life in my family, but I guess I never realized that it is just like my relationship with God. God will and does love you no matter what you've done. He will hold you and welcome you home no matter what, you just have to be willing to take that step and go in that direction.

I went to adoration at about 2am this morning at a church about 45 minutes away because I knew that had adoration overnight on Friday nights. This wasn't the first time I have gone there, and thinking about the Prodigal son story brings me back to one of the first times I went there for Adoration late at night. I got this quote by Mother Teresa about Jesus' love for us (the one at the beginning of the post). His love is NEVER ENDING. How AMAZING?!

What originally brought me to Adoration was not this though, but as we know, God's plan is always better than our own.

Meteor Shower

"I am not my own

For I have been made new
Please don't let me go
I desperately need you"

<3 Owl City -"Meteor Shower"

Let me tell you about how my adventure tonight started. I put on knee socks. Then I put on leggings. After that I put on a pair of fleece socks. Then I put on jeans and tucked my jeans into those socks and then put on another pair of fleece socks. On top of the jeans, I put on pajama pants. That is just the beginning. I already had two shirts on, so then I put on 3 sweatshirts, all with hoods, put the hoods on, and then proceeded to take my comforter and a fleece blanket outside to watch the meteor shower. I was still freezing, but that didn't matter.

I went outside on my lanai in my backyard tonight to watch the meteor shower. I have a fascination with watching the sky, hoping that I will see something more than just stars like I see any other night that I brave the weather and lay out there. Tonight, there are no words to describe what I saw. I realized I was crying while I was outside when I came inside and I felt the tears on my face that had ran down to my chin. I wasn't surprised though because

"In Christ Alone"

"In Christ alone, my hope is found

He is my light, my strength, my song

This cornerstone, this solid ground

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depths of peace

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease

My comforter, my all-in-all

Here in the love of Christ I stand"
<3 "In Christ Alone" sung by Owl City

 

     First off, I would like to apologize for taking so long to write a new blog. My Fall 2010 semester is over now though! Praise God! It's been a long one, but at the same time it went by really quickly. Now to my blog....

     When I hear a song that I like, I generally listen to it about 50 times a day...the repeat button is my favorite at times like this. This last week of school, one of the girls in my hallway was awesome and made me a mix CD of praise and worship music and slid it under my door. I got to this one track and it sounded really beautiful and catchy. It sounded kind of like Owl City, actually it sounded exactly like Owl City, but sometimes I go crazy and hear things that aren't there maybe so I brushed it off. I later looked it up and it was by Owl City! How great! I love Owl City, so it made me love the song even more. Anyway, this song when I heard it caught my attention in a way that not many songs do. When I listened it was like I was personally being spoken, well sung, to and it made me fall in love kind of. (Work with me here...)